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Comment Microsoft account bypass (Score 1) 95

I just installed this update on a machine with only local accounts and it wanted me to sign in with a microsoft account with no skip option. I opened task manager, clicked back and next a few times, tried to leave it blank with no user/pass, back and next a few more times. At some point it gave me the option to skip. i know there are other methods out there to bypass this, but i thought I should share in case you, like me, you're don't prepare first because you're not anticipating an update to try to force an online account.

Comment casinos should embrace this (Score 1) 312

Casinos should embrace it. Follow me here. There are only a handful of reasons to waste money on video poker: 1. You rarely visit casinos and you haven't figured out it's not that much fun yet 2. You love gambling 3. You love gambling too much 4. You've figured out how to lose slowly enough that the free drinks balance it out 5. Your friends are wasting even more money losing at other casino games and you have to kill time 6. You hope that the machine will magically grant you a money wish The key is number 6. It's hard to feel any sympathy for the casinos that rake in billions upon billions due to false hope, boredom, and addiction. Nevertheless I offer to them this suggestion: embrace it. Let us, the foolish masses, believe that maybe some day (if we're lucky) we could actually figure out a way to beat the machine. The questionable winnings of this crew are a bargain for this kind of marketing. Let the false hope roll.

Comment Re:Absurd? No, not really. (Score 3, Insightful) 100

You're right on the money. There used to be a feature of the app that allowed you to take a geotagged picture of your car in the parking lot so you could find it later. It's not unreasonable to think that permission was left in after the feature was removed either by mistake or some technical issue with the App Store/iOS apps in general. At least it doesn't spy on my contacts and text messages like many other free apps. I do wish iOS App Store had a feature similar to the google store for android that shows exactly what permissions an app wants when I install it. Even better would be to allow user control over individual permissions.

Comment no news (Score 1) 371

This post is misleading. The FedBizOps notice is for the Air Force ESC, not the federal government. I don't even think it's related to the Presidential mandate. Most agencies implemented this when it was required (in August). Can anybody verify that the info on this FDE site is legit?

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